The goal of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community to debate longer range, more audacious research challenges; to build consensus around research visions; to evolve the most promising visions toward clearly defined initiatives; and to work with the funding organizations to move challenges and visions toward funding initiatives. The purpose of this blog is to provide a more immediate, online mechanism for dissemination of visioning concepts and community discussion/debate about them.

CCC and MForesight Launch Event for Cybersecurity for Manufacturers Report

The scale and variety of cyber-threats to manufacturers have grown considerably in recent years, and they now range from rare and sophisticated Stuxnet-style attacks to the relatively frequent ransomware risks. In addition to malware attacks on industrial firms, cyber-attacks on manufacturers can include efforts to corrupt data, steal intellectual property (IP), sabotage equipment, and disable networks. The purposes and effects of attacks vary widely — but all such incidents cost time and money to industrial firms and their customers.

This new report from MForesight, in collaboration with CCC, brings together voices from manufacturers, government agencies, cyber-security firms, and leading academic computer science departments to address these looming cybersecurity challenges

The event will include a panel discussion with experts such as Jim Davis, Vice Provost for Information Technology & Chief Academic Technology Officer at UCLA, Mike McGrath, Principal Consultant at McGrath Analytics LLC, and Mike Russo, Director of Government Relations at GLOBALFOUNDRIES.